Lord Clive-class monitor
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The Lord Clive-class monitor, sometimes referred to as the General Wolfe class, were ships designed for shore bombardment and were constructed for the Royal Navy during the First World War.
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The stern of HMS Lord Clive; showing her BL 18 inch gun on its fixed mounting, November 1918
On board Lord Clive; her BL 18 inch gun is at its full elevation. November 1918
Abercrombie-class monitor
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The Abercrombie class of monitors served in the Royal Navy during the First World War.
Lord Clive-class monitor
…of a single twin 12-inch (305 mm) gun turret taken from decommissioned Majestic-class pre-dreadnought battleships. The ships were ordered after the Abercrombie class had begun building and the hull form was a near repeat of that design. Extra quick-firing artillery for protection from destroyers and torpedo boats…
The starboard profile of HMS Abercrombie off Gallipoli in July 1915
The 14-inch (356 mm) gun turret of an Abercrombie-class monitor during World War I. It mounted two 14-inch (356 mm) Mark II guns.